The evil god Whiro is often confused with a hero of the same name: Whiro the voyager.
- Lilith: Female Demon of Jewish Folklore.
- Loviatar: Finnish Goddess of Death, Pain, and Disease.
- Apophis: Evil God of Chaos in Ancient Egypt.
- Lamashtu: Worst of The Mesopotamian Evil Gods.
- ADONAI: Lord in our English Bibles (Capital letter 'L ', lower case, 'ord')
- Jehovah.
- JEHOVAH-JIREH:
- JEHOVAH-ROPHE:
- JEHOVAH-NISSI:
- JEHOVAH-M'KADDESH: “The Lord Who Sanctifies” “To make whole, set apart for holiness.” The Lord says: “Consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am the Lord your God.
- JEHOVAH-SHALOM:
1 : a mythological being with more power than a mortal but less than a god. 2 : a person so outstanding as to seem to approach the divine the demigods of jazz.
Requirements:
- Your god or goddess must have a name (Greek and Roman)
- Your god or goddess must have a symbol (example: Zeus has a thunderbolt)
- Your god or goddess must have an original myth/story about him or her.
- Your story must be at least ONE full page in length.
- Include detail and elaboration.
Yahweh, the god of the Israelites, whose name was revealed to Moses as four Hebrew consonants (YHWH) called the tetragrammaton.
In the 2003 Jim Carrey comedy "Bruce Almighty," God's phone number (776-2323, no area code) appears on the Carrey character's pager, so of course moviegoers called it and asked to speak to God. That's kind of funny, unless you happened to own that number in your area code.
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- Who is God to you? ?El Shaddai (Lord God Almighty)
- El Elyon (The Most High God)
- Adonai (Lord, Master)
- Yahweh (Lord, Jehovah)
- Jehovah Nissi (The Lord My Banner)
- Jehovah Raah (The Lord My Shepherd)
- Jehovah Rapha (The Lord That Heals)
- Jehovah Shammah (The Lord Is There)
Seven names of God
- YHWH.
- El.
- Eloah.
- Elohim.
- Elohai.
- El Shaddai.
- Tzevaot.
- Jah.
Originally Gula was a Sumerian deity known as Bau, goddess of dogs. As dogs became associated with healing, Bau transformed into a healing deity. Damu was the central Sumerian god of healing who combined the magical and 'scientific' approaches to disease.
Defenders of religion have countered that the question is improper: We ask, "If all things have a creator, then who created God?" Actually, only created things have a creator, so it's improper to lump God with his creation. God has revealed himself to us in the Bible as having always existed.
Terms in this set (12)
- ELOHIM. My Creator.
- JEHOVAH. My Lord God.
- EL SHADDAI. My Supplier.
- ADONAI. My Master.
- JEHOVAH JIREH. My Provider.
- JEHOVAH ROPHE. My Healer.
- JEHOVAH NISSI. My Banner.
- JEHOVAH MAKADESH. My Sanctifier.
Gods and Goddesses
- The most powerful of all, Zeus was god of the sky and the king of Mount Olympus.
- Hera was goddess of marriage and the queen of Olympus.
- Aphrodite was the goddess of love and beauty, and the protector of sailors.
- Artemis was the goddess of the hunt and the protector of women in childbirth.
Others interpret God as neither male nor female. The Catechism of the Catholic Church, Book 239, states that God is called "Father", while his love for man may also be depicted as motherhood. However, God ultimately transcends the human concept of sex, and "is neither man nor woman: he is God."
You shall not make for yourselves an idol, nor any image of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: you shall not bow yourself down to them, nor serve them, for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the
Brahma is the first god in the Hindu triumvirate, or trimurti. The triumvirate consists of three gods who are responsible for the creation, upkeep and destruction of the world.
Thanatos, in ancient Greek religion and mythology, the personification of death. Thanatos was the son of Nyx, the goddess of night, and the brother of Hypnos, the god of sleep.
The name derives from combining the consonants of the Hebrew melech (“king”) with the vowels of boshet (“shame”), the latter often being used in the Old Testament as a variant name for the popular god Baal (“Lord”).
1 : a female god. 2 : a woman whose great charm or beauty arouses adoration.
God has been conceived as either personal or impersonal. In theism, God is the creator and sustainer of the universe, while in deism, God is the creator, but not the sustainer, of the universe.
The SS Poseidon is a fictional transatlantic ocean liner that first appeared in the 1969 novel The Poseidon Adventure by Paul Gallico and later in four films based on the novel. The ship is named after the god of the seas in Greek mythology.
| Poseidon |
|---|
| Parents | Cronus and Rhea |
| Siblings | Hades, Demeter, Hestia, Hera, Zeus, Chiron |
| Consort | Amphitrite, Aphrodite, Demeter, various others |
| Children | Theseus Triton Polyphemus Orion Belus Agenor Neleus Atlas (the first king of Atlantis) Pegasus Chrysaor |
Amphitrite, in Greek mythology, the goddess of the sea, wife of the god Poseidon, and one of the 50 (or 100) daughters (the Nereids) of Nereus and Doris (the daughter of Oceanus). Poseidon chose Amphitrite from among her sisters as the Nereids performed a dance on the isle of Naxos.
Triton, in Greek mythology, a merman, demigod of the sea; he was the son of the sea god, Poseidon, and his wife, Amphitrite. According to the Greek poet Hesiod, Triton dwelt with his parents in a golden palace in the depths of the sea. Sometimes he was not particularized but was one of many Tritons.
Among the Bakweri, the name is liengu (plural: maengu).
